The guild Xiii is one established in a town called neverwas: Having just returned from another quest Xigbar and Axel breathe a sigh of relief upon getting home. Afterwich Xemnas their zealous leader scolded the two for needlessly putting themselves in danger. Upon their rest, Xemnas recieves a letter from his brother the Demon king, the seeker of darknes, ansem.

The letter informed that Xemnas's child dawn, who he secretly had with a mistress outside of wedlock was being held hostage by the fiendish Ansem and was to be crowned his princess at Hollow bastion.

Enraged, Xemnas lept to action, bringing the gunslinger Xigbar, the Bard Demyx, qnd the rogue Larxene to the demon infested city on the night of the black ball.

Once there, they came across allies in the form of the Radiant Garden rebels and former apprentices to Ansem the wise the true king to Radiant garden, and upon deligation and negotiation decided to assist one another.

The rebels got the party into the ball, whwre Xemnas and Xigbar remained in the ballroom and watched the seeker, while Larxene and demyx searched for Dawn. Upon finding a hall gaurded by a shadow demon, they managed to slip by and avoid the traps laid before them, however the two ended up seperating with Larxene being forced back to the ballroom.

Meanwhile Demyx had snuck his way into the young Dawns bedchamber where he found the girl scared out of her wits, but he managed to calm her enough to make an escape.

Back in the ballroom larxene joins the others, and Ansem the Seeker of Darkness realizes his prize is gone. Enraged he attacks the party and blood is spilt.

He managed to barely escape with his life giving warnings of a horror to come as Dawns Untapped potential finally awakens in a burst of wild magic, giving Ansem the means to escape.